From earth2tech:
After years of incubation and at least $91.4 million of private
capital from investors including Intel, all of the capital equipment of
silicon solar cell maker SpectraWatt has been sold
to Canadian Solar for about $4.95 million. The sale still needs final
approval from the bankruptcy court, which is scheduled to do so on Oct.
6. The auctioneer, Heritage Global Partners, also plans to auction off
bankrupt solar panel maker Solyndra.
The sale is a dismal end for SpectraWatt, which was incubated inside Intel before being spun off in 2008 with $50 million in capital
from Intel, Goldman Sachs’ Cogentrix Energy, PCG Clean Energy and
Technology Fund, and Solon....MORE